Abandonware DOS title

abandonware games sorted by popularity

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Battle of Antietam

DOS1985protected strategy
Civil War buffs, rejoice. Battle of Antietam (1985) lets you relive one of the bloodiest days in American history... via pixelated dots and turn-based tension. There’s no fla...
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Archery

DOS1985freeware sports
Archery (1985) is what happens when someone says, “Hey, what if we made a bow-and-arrow game with the graphical fidelity of a cave painting?” You shoot arrows. That&rsq...
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Alex Higgins World Snooker

DOS1986 sports
The title Alex Higgins World Snooker might imply world-class snooker. What it delivers is 1986 DOS ball physics that sometimes feel like they were modeled in an alternate dimension...
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Crime City

DOS1993 simulation
Crime City is an isometric action game that throws you into the role of a lone enforcer cleaning up the streets. Armed with a trusty weapon and a questionable sense of self-preserv...
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Gnome Ranger

DOS1987 adventure
Gnome Ranger is an abandoned fantasy adventure game, developed and published by Level 9 Computing in 1987 for DOS. Gnome Ranger was designed by Peter Austin who also designed the s...
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Surf Ninjas

DOS1994 action
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Exile II: Crystal Souls

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware rpg
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Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes

DOS1990protected action
In Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes, the stakes go from “oops, stranded on Mars” to “uh-oh, Earth is doomed.” The Vorticons have planted death lasers in...
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Silicon Dreams

DOS1986 adventure
Silicon Dreams by Level 9 Computing is a trilogy of interactive fiction (text adventure) games released in the mid-1980s. The trilogy includes three separate games: Snowball, Retur...
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The Orion Conspiracy

DOS1995 adventure
A moody sci-fi adventure drenched in neon gloom, The Orion Conspiracy (1995, DOS) tosses you into a futuristic murder mystery where everyone seems to be hiding something—ofte...
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Checkers for Windows

Windows 3.x1997 strategy
Checkers for Windows is exactly what it says on the tin—checkers. But somehow, it turns this rainy-afternoon classic into a digital duel of patience and spite. No explosions,...
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Homey D. Clown

DOS1993 action-adventure
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Seal Team

DOS1993 strategy
Seal Team (1993) drops you into the muddy waters of the Vietnam War as part of an elite Navy SEAL squad. It’s surprisingly realistic for its time—meticulously tactical,...
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Moraff's Revenge

DOS1988 rpg
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The Grandest Fleet

DOS1994 strategy
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Cultures

Windows XP/98/952000protected strategy
Cultures is a charming real-time strategy game about building a Viking settlement from the ground up. You’ll manage resources, assign jobs, and watch your villagers go about ...
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Blake Stone 1: Aliens of Gold

DOS1993protected shooter
Before Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, the world only knew of one man who could mow down Nazis in a maze of corridors — then Blake showed up with a laser gun and a mission to ri...
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Endless Horror

DOS1993 action
Despite its title, Endless Horror doesn’t go for cheap jump scares—it prefers the slow, creeping kind of dread that seeps in while you stare at murky DOS graphics and w...
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Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War

DOS1989 rpg
In Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War, you’re not just fighting enemies—you’re reading their minds while doing it. This RPG mixes sci-fi exploration with telepathic abil...
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Tau Ceti

DOS1987 vehicle simulation
In Tau Ceti, you’re the lone pilot of a heavily armed hoverbike trying to reboot a dying colony under an alien sun. It’s slow, moody, and brilliantly atmospheric. The v...
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Plague of the Moon

DOS1994 adventure
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 strategy
By 1992, Vol. 3 wrapped up the trilogy with even more complex scenarios. At this point, the series had become less of a game and more of an interactive textbook—though that&r...
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Obitus

DOS1991 rpg
Obitus is a role-playing video game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1991 for various platforms including the Amiga, Atari ST, and DOS. It combines elements of role-playing g...
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Superhero League of Hoboken

DOSWindows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1994protected adventure
Superhero League of Hoboken is a humorous role-playing game (RPG) released in 1994, developed by Legend Entertainment. It's a quirky mix of a traditional RPG and an adventure game,...
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Wing Commander: Armada

DOS1994protected vehicle simulation
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Comma...
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Alice: The Personal Pascal

DOS1985 application
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Gateworld

DOS1993 action
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Bounce Zone

DOS1990 action
If gravity had a sense of humor, it would look like Bounce Zone. This 1990 DOS oddball is part platformer, part physics experiment, and part unintentional comedy. You bounce. A lot...
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Ken's Labyrinth

DOS1993freeware shooter